Colchester Police says at 3:50 a.m. the department received a report of an armed robbery at Maplefields in Colchester, near Exit 17.

The clerk on duty told police a man dressed in dark clothing with his face covered entered the store and demanded cash from the registers. The robber is purported to have had a gun, but it was not displayed.

The man fled into the wooded area north of the store with an undisclosed amount of money. Police say a canine team tracked the man to the intersection of Route 7 and Wiley Road, where some clothing items had been discarded by the suspect.

The man is white, about 5-feet 9-inches tall with a slender build. The man was last seen wearing jeans, a dark colored sweatshirt, a dark colored hat, and camouflage gloves.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Colchester Police or Crime Stoppers.

High pressure will slid southward overnight keeping our skies clear and our temperatures on the chilly side. Expect overnight lows to be in the teens generally but the sheltered valleys across the region will likely reach the single digits.